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Table 64-3. Key nutritional factors in selected veterinary Table 64-4. Key nutritional factors in selected veterinary
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therapeutic foods for cats with constipation and intermittent
therapeutic foods for dogs with constipation and intermittent
Crude
Primary sources
Crude
Primary sources
Moist foods fiber (%) of fiber** Moist foods fiber (%) of fiber**
Recommended levels ≥7 – Recommended levels ≥7 –
Hill’s Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet Cellulose, oat fiber, guar
w/d Canine 12.4 Cellulose w/d with Chicken Feline 10.6 gum, locust bean gum,
Iams Veterinary Formula carrageenan
Intestinal Low-Residue 3.9 Beet pulp Iams Veterinary Formula
Medi-Cal Fibre Formula 15.0 Tomato pomace, guar gum, Intestinal Low-Residue 3.7 Beet pulp
flax meal, carrageenan Medi-Cal Fibre Formula 16.7 Pea fiber, flax meal, guar
Purina Veterinary Diets OM gum
Overweight Management 19.2 Pea fiber, beet pulp, Purina Veterinary Diets OM Pea fiber, oat fiber, guar
Formula carrageenan Overweight Management 10.2 gum
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Royal Canin Veterinary Diet
Calorie Control CC 8.8 Tomato pomace, guar gum, Calorie Control CC 7.7 Cellulose, guar gum,
High Fiber flax meal, carrageenan High Fiber flaxseed
Crude Primary sources Crude Primary sources
Dry foods fiber (%) of fiber** Dry foods fiber (%) of fiber**
Recommended levels ≥7 – Recommended levels ≥7 –
Hill’s Prescription Diet Cellulose, soybean mill run, Hill’s Prescription Diet
w/d Canine 16.4 beet pulp w/d Feline 7.6 Cellulose
Iams Veterinary Formula Hill’s Prescription Diet
Intestinal Low-Residue 2.1 Beet pulp w/d Feline with Chicken 7.6 Cellulose
Medi-Cal Fibre Formula 14.3 Tomato pomace, rice hulls, Iams Veterinary Formula
oat hulls, flax meal, apple Intestinal Low-Residue 1.8 Beet pulp
pomace Medi-Cal Fibre Formula 14.9 Pea fiber, beet pulp,
Purina Veterinary Diets flax meal
DCO Dual Fiber Control 7.6 Beet pulp, pea fiber Purina Veterinary Diets OM
Purina Veterinary Diets OM Soybean hulls, pea fiber, Overweight Management 5.6 Oat fiber, cellulose
Overweight Management 10.3 cellulose Royal Canin Veterinary Diet
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Cellulose, pea fiber, rice Calorie Control CC 14.0 Cellulose, pea fiber, rice
Calorie Control CC 26 17.6 hulls, beet pulp, psyllium High Fiber hulls, beet pulp, psyllium
High Fiber husk *Moist foods are best. Manufacturers’ published values. Values
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Cellulose, rice hulls, guar expressed on a dry matter basis.
Diabetic HF 18 12.1 gum **Fiber sources should be insoluble or mixed. Increased levels
*Moist foods are best. Manufacturers’ published values. Values of soluble fiber are not recommended (see text).
expressed on a dry matter basis.
**Fiber sources should be insoluble or mixed. Increased levels of
soluble fiber are not recommended (see text).

Table 64-5. Key nutritional factors in selected veterinary therapeutic foods for cats with chronic obstipation (megacolon)
compared to recommended levels.*
Crude Protein Fat Carbohydrate Energy
fiber digestibility digestibility digestibility density
Moist foods (%) (%) (%) (%) (kcal/g)**
Recommended levels ≤5 ≥87 ≥90 ≥90 ≥4
Hill’s Prescription Diet a/d Canine/Feline 1.3 90 89 96 4.8
Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d Feline 2.4 91 89 91 4.2
Iams Veterinary Formula Intestinal Low-Residue 3.7 na na na 4
Iams Veterinary Formula Stress/Weight Gain
Formula Maximum-Calorie 2.7 na na na 5.8
Medi-Cal Hypoallergenic/Gastro 1.2 na na na na
Medi-Cal Recovery Formula 3.4 na na na na
Medi-Cal Sensitivity CR 2.5 na na na na
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Recovery RS 3.4 na na na 4.4
Crude Protein Fat Carbohydrate Energy
fiber digestibility digestibility digestibility density
Dry foods (%) (%) (%) (%) (kcal/g)**
Recommended levels ≤5 ≥87 ≥90 ≥90 ≥4
Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d Feline 2.8 88 92 90 4.3
Iams Veterinary Formula Intestinal Low-Residue 1.8 na na na 3.9
Medi-Cal Hypoallergenic/Gastro 3.1 na na na na
Purina Veterinary Diets EN GastroENteric Formula 1.3 94.0 93.1 79.7 4.4
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Intestinal HE 30 5.8 na na na 4.4
Key: na = information not available from manufacturer.
*Moist foods are best. Manufacturers’ published values. All values expressed on a dry matter basis.
**To convert to kJ, multiply kcal by 4.184.